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Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Officials Call For Shutdown Of Mental Health Facility After Resident Killed By Cars On Route 33
A 38-year-old man who died after being struck by two cars on Route 33 this week was the fourth group home resident killed there since 2014, authorities said. The fatality immediately prompted town leaders to call for the shutdown of the long-troubled healthcare facility. The resident from Newark was walking outside of the crosswalk when he was struck by two cars at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at Route 33's intersection with Woodward Road, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office He has not been identified by police. He was struck by a 32-year-old Neptune woman, and then hit …
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian Hit By 2 Cars Dies On Monmouth County Highway
A 38-year-old man was killed after being hit by two vehicles on Route 33 in Manalapan, authorities said The man, a Manalapan resident, was not in a crosswalk when he was hit around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday by eastbound vehicles. They had a green light near the intersection with Woodward Road when the accident occurred, Manalapan police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene following life-saving efforts by emergency responders. Both drivers stopped and cooperated with police, who continue to investigate. Police had not released an ID pending notification of family.
New City, NY
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Drug Ring Sold
Thc-l
aced Sour Patch Candy, Other Sweets In Rockland, Bergen, Prosecutor Says
Authorities smashed a drug ring that they said sold THC-laced Sour Patch candies and other sweets loved by kids on the black market in Rockland and Bergen counties, on Staten Island and at the Jersey Shore. Various federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies combined to bring charges against two dozen people while seizing one of the largest amounts ever of illegally-produced THC-infused products in the New York-New Jersey area, authorities announced Tuesday. Seized during the year-long “Operation On the Ropes” investigation were: 1,200 THC-infused “Sour Patch Watermelon” can…
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Hackensack Woman Raising Awareness Toward Rare Cancer That Claimed Best Friend's Life
A Hackensack woman is raising awareness toward the rare hormonal cancer that suddenly took her best friend's life over the summer. In honor of World NET (Neuroendocrine) Cancer Day Nov. 10, Amanda Pizzimenti is launching a website and fundraiser for Kerry Snow of Manalapan. Snow succumbed to the illness at 28 years old in August, two months after her diagnosis. All proceeds from sales on Pizzimenti's site will go toward the NET Cancer Research Foundation in Snow's name. In sharing Snow's story, Pizzimenti hopes to raise awareness toward NET cancer -- and maybe even save someone else's…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Seen
Them
? Video Shows Convenience Store Burglars Stealing Cash, Smokes, Lottery Tickets
In-the-act surveillance video shows two members of a burglary crew who Fairview police said stole cash, cigarettes and scratch-off lottery tickets -- some of them winners -- from a trio of borough convenience stores. The burglarized delis -- Good News (twice) Big Max and Fair Ridge -- are all on Bergen Boulevard, Lt. Michael Martic said. Each time, the bandits pried open the front door, then stole the scratch-off tickets, cartons of cigarettes, cash and even cash registers, he said. Some of the tickets were cashed – for no more than $50 – but others were voided in time to prevent the thiev…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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: Jeep Driver Extricated After Rollover Crash On Route 17 In Ramsey
PHOTOS: Ramsey Rescue members extricated the driver of an overturned Jeep after a crash with an SUV Friday afternoon on rain-slicked southbound Route 17. The Jeep driver -- a 32-year-old Manalapan man -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Police Chief Bryan Gurney said weren't life-threatening after squad members got him out of the vehicle following the 2:25 p.m. crash. The Jeep took out a sign for Lincoln Plaza, off Airmount Avenue, and ended up overturned in the parking lot. Power to the plaza was temporarily cut. The SUV driver wasn't injured, the chief…
Newburgh, NY
Obituaries
Wallkill Man ID'd As Passenger In Orange County Crash That Killed Pilot
The passenger has been identified in a small plane crash on Saturday morning that resulted in the death of a Westchester man. Mamaroneck resident Aaron D. Panken, 53, president of a leading Jewish seminary, died from injuries suffered when a yellow Aeronca 7AC aircraft crashed into the woods just after takeoff from Randall Airport in Middletown at around 9:30 a.m. Flight instructor Frank Riess, 65, of Wallkill sustained non-life threatening injuries. Both men were transported to Orange Regional Medical Center. Panken was pronounced deceased by hospital staff. Both the Federal Aviation Admi…
Newburgh, NY
Obituaries
ID Released For Westchester Man Killed In Orange County Plane Crash
Click here for an updated story: Man ID'd As Passenger In Orange County Crash That Killed Pilot The identity of the 53-year-old man killed when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Saturday morning in Orange County has been released. Rabbi Aaron D. Panken of Mamaroneck, president of a leading Jewish seminary, died from injuries suffered when a yellow Aeronca 7AC aircraft crashed into the woods just after takeoff from Randall Airport in Middletown at around 9:30 a.m. Another passenger in the plane, whose name has not been released, sustained non-life threatening injuries. The cra…
Armonk, NY
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New MTV 'Jersey Shore'-Type Show Filming In Hudson Valley
Get ready for some wild partying and drama, Hudson Valley. MTV announced it's filming a new "Jersey Shore" type show in the area complete with wannabe Snooki's. On its teaser for the show called "Winter Break: Hunter Mountain," MTV says the docuseries will feature eight twentysomethings, who all want to escape and have a little fun during winter break. The network says the show is set "in a cabin near an idyllic ski resort," or in other words, Hunter Mountain in Greene County. The show, set to hit the air on Feb. 27, will tell "the raw story of eight youn…
